Senator Antonio (D-ME)/Governor Averroës Nix (D-NY) - 257 - 49.2%Senator Shua (R-VA)/Former Governor A-Bob (R-CO) - 281 - 50.8%Senator Antonio wins the Democratic nomination and selects Governor Nix to provide executive and economic experience to the ticket. Senator Shua wins the Republican side and selects former Governor A-Bob to reinforce his conservative credentials with distrustful parts of the base. While Antonio runs a very liberal campaign, his populist rhetoric jibes well with the Rustbelt. However, the Shua/A-Bob ticket is able to hold onto Ohio by a hair and convince Independents that Antonio would be to extreme.
